21 Ways to Keep Bugs Off Your Hemp Plants Without Pesticides
If you're tired of losing your crops to insects, such as aphids and potato beetles, read on to learn 21 natural ways to keep bugs off of your Hemp plants without pesticides.
21 Ways to Keep Bugs Off of Hemp Plants Without Pesticides
The first 3 tips are natural products you can sprinkle on the ground.
#1. Diatomaceous Earth
A safe first step to keep pests away from your plants is to sprinkle a layer of food-grade diatomaceous earth around your garden. This safe product will…
not harm you
act as an abrasive barrier to insects that will crawl around your garden and destroy your
Tip - put a small layer around vegetables or fruits that touch the ground, such as watermelon and squash for added-protection
#2. Garden Lime
Garden lime is another safe product you can sprinkle around your garden to help repel insects. For example, you can dust your green beans with a little garden lime, and it will help keep Japanese beetles away. You can also sprinkle a fine layer around the garden to keep crawling insects, as well as larger pests away; such as snakes and raccoons.
#3. Fish Fertilizer
The advantage is fish can fertilize your plants safely. One suggestion is to mix a gallon of water with 2 tablespoons of liquid fish fertilizer and spray it on the ground.
The next 5 tips deal with natural products you can spray on your Hemp plants.
#4. Hot Pepper Spray
You can mix up a spray with 3 teaspoons of cayenne pepper in one quart of water to create a spray that will help keep bugs away. Spray it on the ground around the plants, as well as on the leaves and stems.
#5. Onion Spray
Another spray you can use to naturally repel insects is to mix several hot peppers, an onion, and a mild green pepper in a quart of water. You can spray this on areas where bugs such as aphids or grasshoppers may be attacking your Hemp plants.
#6. Neem Oil Spray
Neem oil tends to be well-tolerated and non-toxic to animals, although it can be toxic to aquatic life. Spray or apply this product to plants to keep a variety of insects away.
#7. Dish Soap Spray
As crazy as it might seem, adding a little dish soap to a bottle of water can be a highly effective way to keep bugs away. Add the soap after you've filled a spray bottle with water and mix it well. Spray on plants to safely keep bugs away. You can even stick with an organic product, making it even safer for your garden.
#8. Beer
You read that right: beer. It's a great way to keep pests away from your plants and is not harmful to humans. Sprinkle it around and on vegetable and fruit plants to help keep insects away. They'll be repelled by the smell and the taste of it.
The next 2 tips discuss physical barriers you can use to keep insects away.
#9. Floating Net Barriers
You can place floating net barriers over your rows of vegetables or fruits to help keep large insects, as well as birds, away from your Hemp plants.
#10. Egg Shells
Creepy crawlies can be dissuaded from coming near your plants by applying a layer of crushed egg shells around the garden. This keeps bugs that crawl from entering your garden space, as well as keeping away pests like slugs and snails.
The next 9 tips give you some ideas of natural companions that fight off bugs who want to eat your Hemp plants.
#11. Chrysanthemums (mums)
Chrysanthemums, also known as mums, are a great plant to place all around your garden and house. They will help keep out a variety of bugs, including ants, roaches, and fleas. They also help repel Japanese beetles and spider mites, which can attack your plants.
#12. Allium Plants
Onions and garlic belong to the Allium family, which are highly effective insect deterrents. You can plant them around other plants to help keep insects away. If you have fruit trees, planting a circle of onions or garlic around the plant can help keep borers from drilling into their base. There are a few plants that garlic and onions should not be grown around, including strawberries and peas, because it may stunt their growth.
#13. Radishes
Radishes are a small and tasty plant that won't take up much room in your garden. They will help you keep insects like beetles away.
#14. Basil
When planted near tomatoes, it helps to enhance their growth, making for more plentiful and healthy tomato plants. As a natural pest repellent, it helps keep away insects that may destroy the tomato plants or cause disease.
#15. Beans & Potatoes
If you alternate bush beans with potatoes, you can help protect both plants from beetles.
#16. Petunias
You can further protect your plants by planting petunias in your garden. This will add a splash of color to your garden, and they help keep insects like the Colorado potato beetle away.
#17. Catnip
Catnip is a relative of the mint family, and it makes an excellent companion plant. You can plant it around plants to help keep cucumber beetles away.
#18. Tansy
Tansy is an excellent herb to plant around your garden. It will help discourage the presence of ants, which carry aphids with them.
#19. Rosemary
Rosemary can be interspersed around a great many plants, and it is incredibly effective at keeping certain bugs away, not to mention it is a lovely aromatic herb that goes well in many dishes. If you have bean beetles, carrot flies, or cabbage moths around, you want to make sure you also have rosemary growing.
The last 2 tips are alternative methods that experts recommend.
#20. Attract Birds
Keep a bird feeder and bird bath in the garden to lure birds; if you begin in the fall, they'll already be there when spring rolls around. Depending on your location, you might also consider guinea fowl, which will eat a variety of bugs, including ticks, and they don't tend to bother your plants.
#21. Attract Lady Bugs
You can attract ladybugs by growing plants that they like, or you can actually order ladybugs to be delivered to your house. Why add more bugs to the garden? These friendly insects won't hurt your plants, but they will eat insects such as aphids, which can do a great deal of damage to your Hemp plants.
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To the health of your plants,
Greenlife Organics